White Label SMS vs. 3rd Party SMS...Who to Use?

We're using Twilio (the best, IMO), and writing our our own admin panel. We're considering opening our new panel up for white label use by SMS resellers.

If you want local business owners to manage their own sms campaigns, then white label is the way to go. If you're going to be managing all of the sms marketing for your local businesses, white label may not necessarily be the way to go. Just my two cents.

From what I've seen adking.com has the best deal. It's a white label solution. You can have 100 ad accounts for $395 a month plus $95 maintenance.

If you decide to manage their accounts for them then they will not have to ability to promote specials at the spur of the moment. One of our biggest selling points is that our clients can run "slow day" specials or spur-of-the-moment weekend specials. During these times no one is in our office so they couldn't do it without help.

If you elect to give them control, without white labeling, they can easily see how much the provider is selling the system for so you can not charge but what's advertised on their site. You might as well just be an affiliate.

Then there's the problem of your client going around you directly to the provider once they learn the system. they could feel that they don't need you any longer ass a middleman.

White labeling is the only way to go in my opinion but you have to be careful there too. Check ALL companies who offer white labeled products and make sure you run the numbers (profit and loss) real well. This market is an easy one to get fooled in and once you get tied with someone, it's hard to change (just like trying to change autoresponders for email - but worse).

It literally took my partner and me over 20 hours of running spreadsheets on about every service known to man before we could make a decision we were comfortable with.

Then, with the white label solution, you need to be able to set it up properly and make sure the provider's name is nowhere that can be found 9see the part above where I talk about "going around" you).

Once everything is set up properly, you are essentially in your own text business. You can charge what you want and how you want and that's a good position to be in.

Good luck with your decision...

As Larry mentioned above, that's a very pivotal question as to whether or not your clients want their own dashboard.

If they do then you should very seriously consider the white label route, but if they prefer to have you manage their own campaign, then you could use an existing SMS service to manage this campaign without having to pay and set up your own white label.

Well any suggestion on who are offering white label?
Thanks

It really depends on your target market and SMS options. If you are going to offer txt2vote, txt2win, contest, birthday club, reminders etc. You will need robust platform. If you just offering the basics you become either reseller with little upfront investment with an excellent residual opportunity we use sellmobileadvertising.com's product.

Is there an open source option to twilio?

I really thought Twilio would be a good solution but I cannot find any answers as to how it is "white label" or rebrandable so I might give up on Twilio and go with 3rd party branded service.

The reason I tried it out was because some in this forum said it was good for creating your own interface for your clients.

Too bad it looks like a great setup if you don't mind letting your customers know you are a middleman for Twilio.

They actually mentioned somewhere about white label... You might ask their support if that's the case.


Thomas

What hosting company have you used?

Twilio seems to work in any country as well? Mmmm

I don't get how their prices are so low. Is it true SMS, or text messages sent through a web based application?


Also I found this piece (that could be one of those fake reviews but still makes you think)
why-choose-tropo-over-twili

i just tried out twilios sms sandbox test and its pretty cool - literally up and running sending and receiving txt/sms in minutes super simple to use... much easier to use than other sms gateways ive tried before

gonna give openvbx a try now!

As a true white label reseller platform it shouldn't force the resellers themselves to develop their own platform. For example Trumpia resellers are given the features and tools which Trumpia provides to our own Inhouse clients.

The whole idea of doing SMS for local businesses is to help them setup the campaign but also give them access to an interface so that if they have a slow day they can shoot off a message to their list without having to call you for it. That's what makes it very attractive to them. " Hey mister biz owner you can login yourself if its slow and shoot off a promotion and fill up your place of business" thats very powerful. I would recomend going with some form of a whitelabel for sure..

I have a white label partner that I'm currently using and would HIGHLY recommend. The platform is second to none, the pricing is very competitive, and what sold me is the high level of knowledge provided not only by their customer service and tech support team but by the CEO himself, very prompt, extremely courteous and friendly. I did a lot of research(spent at least 2 weeks researching and comparing) and spoke to almost every company that offers a white label sms program and IMO these guys are the best hands down. They can provide you with sales materials, scripts, sample contracts, niche marketing ideas, mobile web builders, qr codes, If your just starting out in this business they will walk you thru step by step and even work with you on regarding licensing costs(which are very inexpensive). PM me for details.

PM or text me for a great White Label System.

what is with all the pm'ing for white label systems? is there some reason no one wants to post them here?

Well the reason I asked to have members PM for more information is as follows.

When I first decided to get into the sms text marketing business I did alot of research, I mean alot. I probably spent over 2 weeks reviewing websites, attending webinars, doing demos on platforms, and spent alot of time on the phone with the companies as well.

After doing all of this research I finally found a company who best fit my needs. I was extremely impressed with there knowledge, professionalism, level of customer service, platform and pricing.

So I was talking with the CEO of the company one day and was extremely complimentary with him,telling him how impressed I was with his company, product and staff. He joked with me that he should hire me to do marketing for his company. I told him that I'd be more then happy to recommended there company for anybody I know that would like to get into the business. At which point we discussed and set-up a referral agreement.

So with that being said I ask that fellow warriors PM me so that I can give them my name and information to let this company know that you were referred by me thereby entitling you a special offer if you decide to sign up with them and of course I can get proper credit for my referral. Being kind of new here I felt that if I posted that information publicly in the thread that it wouldn't be good forum etiquette.

Well to make it a bit simpler, without having to PM anyone, we feel that Trumpia offers the best white label mobile marketing solution hands down.

Hey everyone I'm sorry for requesting that you PM for the information on the provider I recommend. Being new here just wasn't sure if it was proper forum etiquette so after going through some of the forums I guess it ok.

So here it is Avidmobile. As a matter of fact I just found out today that they have 2 webinars coming up this week Tomorrow at 1:20 CST and Thursday at 1:30 CST. No hype, no fluff, no additional how to's being sold, just information on their reseller program. Here's the link if you'd like to register Webinar | AvidMobile

Since this is not an affiliate link of any sort, if you decide to partner with them as your reseller just mention my name Jim Videtic and they have some special offers for those who I refer to them.

For me at this point, I am looking at the affiliate programs and later on when I have more clients get a white label solution. I liked Trumpia affiliate program, but does it make you sign up for an account to spend $50 a month? I was confused looking at their application.
What other affiliate programs have others used here and why? Thanks

eatdrinktext
your system says it does not recognize keyword

I haven't seen mention of Lime Cellular on this thread. That's who I decided to go with after much research. Their pricing and terms are fantastic, PM me if you want the details of my deal.

Anyone knows how to create a while label reseller for Twilio? PM me please

thanks @ jimevee, i'm one of those folks that cannot send pm's yet. but i'm interested in contacting avidmobile.

Try this new one

Chris and Jay are marketers like you.


Quentin

Offlineman has a WSO SMS Business in a Box SOLD OVER 275 SHOCKING Mobile Text Message System Earns $100,000/Year Tons Of $Proof And Reviews!$

White label may sound like a good idea, but is usually expensive.

I provide a reseller program that is not white label but is more like a franchise.

The benefit to partnering with me is that you don't have to pay anything, I provide marketing materials and training, and you get your own local territory.

I use this great white label company, very good price... i cannot put the info here but send me a PM i will be happy to help out

I am desperately looking for a way to offer visitors to my website a form so they can SMS text their friends. But not one where their friends would have to pay to receive the text.

I managed to get a 400,000 exact match keyword domain.

Slightly off-top and I dont mean to be rude but any ideas would be welcome.

If anyone needs a while label ready to use. I can have the codes ready for you in 3 weeks without a site, or with a complete website about a month. I am selling my codes. This system as built around Twillio.
PM me for details.

The two best systems I've come across are Lime and Avid for White Label options. I hear over and over that most of the folks on here run the campaigns for the customers and as such might not necessarily need a white label. I just can't fathom the idea of not having the tools available to me that these two providers bring to the table though.